Lead Silicon Bringup & Validation Engineer

Lyte AI Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Job summary

Lyte AI Inc. is seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to bring up and validate our custom silicon from first power-on to production readiness.

You will join a cross-functional team spanning analog, digital, and package design to bridge design intent and real-world silicon behavior. You will lead silicon bringup for tape-outs, develop test plans, and build automated test infrastructure using Python/Perl to enable high‑throughput characterization; strong debugging skills across mixed‑signal

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering from a top research university.
• 2–8 years of hands-on chip or system bringup and validation experience.
• Proficiency in Python or Perl for test automation and data analysis.
• Experience validating high-speed serial interfaces.
• Understanding of analog fundamentals and signal integrity.
• Ability to read schematics, layout files, and datasheet specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead silicon bringup for new silicon tape-outs – first power-on through functional validation.
• Develop and execute structured test plans covering functional, electrical, and performance validation.
• Characterize analog and digital circuit behavior against the product spec.
• Build automated test infrastructure using Python/Perl for high-throughput characterization.
• Debug complex mixed-signal devices – power, clocking, mixed-signal interfaces using test equipment.
• Validate high-speed interfaces including signal integrity analysis.
• Root-caused issues; distinguish design vs. process vs. board-level failures.

Skills

Hands-on validation

Test automation

Schematics & layouts reading

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

Perl

Job description

Lyte AI Inc. is seeking a hands-on Validation Engineer to bring up and validate our custom silicon from first power-on to production readiness.

You will join a cross-functional team spanning analog, digital, and package design to bridge design intent and real-world silicon behavior. You will lead silicon bringup for tape-outs, develop test plans, and build automated test infrastructure using Python/Perl to enable high‑throughput characterization; strong debugging skills across mixed‑signal